Backup strategies 'important when countering data loss problems'

Businesses that are hoping to enhance their file security strategies have been told of the need to backup their data.

A spokesman for Imperva has acknowledged that this step should be seen as a "very important business requirement" should an outage or data loss event occur.

However, they did admit that there are risks involved with opting for backup strategies too, such as if the backup is stolen or if it is downloaded by an individual without company knowledge.

The spokesman therefore noted: "Proper measures must be in place to either block or monitor malicious activity."

Recently, the issue of IT downtime, which could result in data loss, was highlighted via a CA Technologies study.

It found that in North America and Europe each year, over 127 million hours of employee productivity are lost due to this problem.

To put it in context, this figure is the equivalent of 63,500 people being unable to work for 12 months, the research illustrated.